Even after you uninstall it, some Mac OS X software just won’t quit nagging you or notifying you of updates or at the very least polluting the Console Messages like this:
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19/08/11 00:16:46 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[689] (com.carbonite.carbonitestatus[14428]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteStatus.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteStatus", ...): No such file or directory |
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19/08/11 00:16:46 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[689] (com.carbonite.carbonitestatus[14428]) Exited with exit code: 1 |
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19/08/11 00:16:46 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[689] (com.carbonite.carbonitestatus) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds |
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19/08/11 00:16:56 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[689] (com.carbonite.carbonitestatus[14437]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/Carbonite/CarboniteStatus.app/Contents/MacOS/CarboniteStatus", ...): No such file or directory |
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19/08/11 00:16:56 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[689] (com.carbonite.carbonitestatus[14437]) Exited with exit code: 1 |
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19/08/11 00:16:56 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[689] (com.carbonite.carbonitestatus) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds |
Well here’s how you kill those constantly launching things!
Open a Terminal window and enter launchctl list
to see a list of all launching services. Once you know what you want to kill, uselaunchctl remove
.
Here is an example on that pesky Carbonite:
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macpro$ launchctl list | grep carbonite |
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- 1 com.carbonite.carbonitestatus |
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- 0 com.carbonite.carbonitealerts |
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macpro$ launchctl remove com.carbonite.carbonitestatus |
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macpro$ launchctl remove com.carbonite.carbonitealerts |
Here is another on Intego backup:
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macpro$ launchctl list | grep intego |
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- 0 com.intego.backupmanagerpro.agent |
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macpro$ launchctl remove com.intego.backupmanagerpro.agent |